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craftgrrlSo everyone I know is raving about these Snuggie things. The first time I saw the commercial I:
A) Laughed really hard at the "cult of snuggie" before me
B) Said to myself, "it's a blanket with some sleeves on it, hell, even *I* could make that!
and
C) Cringed at the colour choices (even more-so since they put out their "designer" series with 'Bold leopard' and 'Fun-loving Zebra'!)
Well, I've seen them in stores and didn't like the feel of the fleece they use at all, so I didn't buy one. The weather here went from highs in the 60s(F) all the way down to a brrrr inducing 36F the past two nights. It got so cold on Thursday I decided enough was enough, there HAD to be a pattern out there for this thing and if there wasn't, I was determined to figure it out!
I found a pattern that's really good and FREE! It's also as horrifically simple to make as I originally thought when I saw the commercial.
(JoAnn's has fleece on sale until the 31st, so I'll probably head back tomorrow and snag some more! Guess what all the ladies in my family are getting for Xmas? hehe)
(for scale purposes, I'm 5' tall and my feet are at the bottom of the love-seat w/plenty of extra blanket bunched up!)
You can find the pattern here:
http://www.blisstree.com/articles/free-pattern-make-your-own-cozy-fleece-slanket-snuggie-or-snuglet-114/
(just right click on the link that says, "PDF-how to" and choose 'save link as' and it'll come up to save the PDF file; if you click the link it'll try to open the PDF in your browser)
Like I said, I thought it was incredibly easy (only done a few sewing related things before like pillows and hemming jeans). My first time putting sleeves on something! *woohoo!* Fair warning, the sleeves will be HUGE! You definitely need to put cuffs in if you don't have really long arms! I put about a 4" hem in for a cuff and they're still really long, so you might even want to size them up after you attach them and cut some of the length off if you need a shorter sleeve. :)
Go, be free! Make a "blanket w/arms"/"backwards bathrobe" ;)
A) Laughed really hard at the "cult of snuggie" before me
B) Said to myself, "it's a blanket with some sleeves on it, hell, even *I* could make that!
and
C) Cringed at the colour choices (even more-so since they put out their "designer" series with 'Bold leopard' and 'Fun-loving Zebra'!)
Well, I've seen them in stores and didn't like the feel of the fleece they use at all, so I didn't buy one. The weather here went from highs in the 60s(F) all the way down to a brrrr inducing 36F the past two nights. It got so cold on Thursday I decided enough was enough, there HAD to be a pattern out there for this thing and if there wasn't, I was determined to figure it out!
I found a pattern that's really good and FREE! It's also as horrifically simple to make as I originally thought when I saw the commercial.
(JoAnn's has fleece on sale until the 31st, so I'll probably head back tomorrow and snag some more! Guess what all the ladies in my family are getting for Xmas? hehe)
(for scale purposes, I'm 5' tall and my feet are at the bottom of the love-seat w/plenty of extra blanket bunched up!)
You can find the pattern here:
http://www.blisstree.com/articles/free-pattern-make-your-own-cozy-fleece-slanket-snuggie-or-snuglet-114/
(just right click on the link that says, "PDF-how to" and choose 'save link as' and it'll come up to save the PDF file; if you click the link it'll try to open the PDF in your browser)
Like I said, I thought it was incredibly easy (only done a few sewing related things before like pillows and hemming jeans). My first time putting sleeves on something! *woohoo!* Fair warning, the sleeves will be HUGE! You definitely need to put cuffs in if you don't have really long arms! I put about a 4" hem in for a cuff and they're still really long, so you might even want to size them up after you attach them and cut some of the length off if you need a shorter sleeve. :)
Go, be free! Make a "blanket w/arms"/"backwards bathrobe" ;)
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